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King Charles III and the Queen Consort are putting together plans for a charm offensive tour of Australia and New Zealand, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said last week that there had been ‘preliminary discussions’ with Kensington Palace about a possible visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales.
But after the death of the Queen, King Charles is understood to have expressed a desire to travel to Australia, where he is now head of state, along with Camilla, the Queen Consort.
A trip to the key Commonwealth nation right at the start of his reign would be an opportunity to shore up support for the Monarchy amid growing republican sentiment.
Acknowledging his mother’s belief that a Monarch ‘must be seen to be believed’, the King has made it clear to aides he wishes to greet the Australian people, speak with indigenous leaders and visit people from different faiths.
An insider said: ‘People have been talking about Kate and William going out to Australia, and that had been a plan, but Charles is telling aides that he now feels he ought to visit himself. His Majesty is very proud of his long relationship with the country and wants to honour it.’
King Charles is understood to have expressed a desire to travel to Australia, where he is now head of state, along with Camilla, the Queen Consort (Pictured: The royal couple in Adelaide in 2012)
Charles has visited Australia 16 times. He first went out in 1966 as a schoolboy and spent two terms at Timbertop, the rural campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, and later recalled that he ‘loved it all’. He next visited with the Queen and Prince Philip, in
